There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do read more

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops read more

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich read more

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become read more

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.